Nigeria: 'Why Govt Must Convey Economic Summit Now'

A lawmaker in the Osun State House of Assembly, who represents Obokun Constituency, Mr. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has emphasized the need to convene a national stakeholders' economic summit that would permanently address the inability of several states of the federation to pay salaries and other economic issues.

The lawmaker also called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency bail out the states that are battling with unpaid salaries as part of intervention "to stabilise the economy."

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